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Jeremy Maletz

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

So I think most of what you've seen, the vast, vast majority where people find something that's insider trading based is on the DeFi platforms because there is KYC on the regulated space.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And that's why, you know, we are participating in the regulated space.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

So that's the first important thing is if you're in the regulated space, you're much more protected.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

The other thing is, insider trading is something that does exist everywhere.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And there's a mechanism that works to suss it out.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And that's reporting from the people that are in the market.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

Generally, one of the things that we're always paying attention to is, what are the incentives of the person on the other side of the trade?

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And when someone's insider trading, it's a lot more obvious that, OK, well, what are the incentives?

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

They don't make sense.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

The thing then happens and, OK, we can make a pretty decent Bayesian update that this was probably insider trading and report it.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And it's actually easier in prediction markets because this stuff is more obvious.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

There's a million reasons that someone can buy Apple stock.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

But there's not that many reasons that someone can buy like, is Maduro going to be out?

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

Right.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

So it's actually easier to spot this stuff.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

And by the way, one thing we're extremely happy about is the DOJ is now even going after the crypto-based platforms where

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

I think they kind of knew.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

People probably thought they were safe.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

You're not safe in crypto land.

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Why Susquehanna Is Building a Prediction Markets Business

Actually, everything's on the blockchain, right?